By Kyle Brasseur2023-03-23T20:20:00
What is “extraordinary” cooperation? How is a self-disclosure deemed “immediate”? With a series of new policy changes at the Department of Justice (DOJ) have come requests from the compliance community for more guidance. Don’t expect the agency to budge.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. of the DOJ’s Criminal Division reiterated in a speech Thursday the agency will not offer prescriptive guidance regarding how it evaluates corporate compliance programs.
“There is no one-size-fits-all approach,” he said. Instead, he addressed ambiguity around certain terms included among the DOJ’s policy changes by pointing to some of the agency’s recent cases and declinations and advising compliance professionals to “see how [the terms] are applied in future cases.”
2023-07-18T19:43:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. is set to leave the Department of Justice after a tenure highlighted by multiple policy changes intended to empower corporate chief compliance officers.
2023-05-25T19:28:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice has seen an uptick in self-reported potential misconduct by corporations since it increased incentives for voluntary disclosure, according to Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr.
2023-05-16T19:58:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Glenn Leon, head of the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section, said “compliance is a very big area of focus” for the agency, during a fireside chat at Compliance Week’s 2023 National Conference.
2025-09-12T19:40:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The DOJ sued Uber Thursday, alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying people with disabilities equal access to its services.
2025-09-11T20:53:00Z By Neil Hodge
Europe’s banking regulator warns that weak compliance at fintech, regtech, and crypto firms may let money laundering and terrorist financing risks slip through. The EBA also found EU regulators’ approaches are often inconsistent and unclear.
2025-09-10T22:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
California, Colorado, and Connecticut launched a joint enforcement sweep against businesses that fail to honor consumers’ online opt-out requests, the states announced Tuesday.
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